Sunset Landscaping with Stone: Natural-Looking Paths, Steps, Walls, Water Features, and Rock Gardens (Paperback)

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Product Description

Another always-popular volume in Sunset’s line of outdoor building books, Landscaping with Stone is a fundamental resource for realizing the potential of virtually any garden. That’s because stone is resilient, organic, and colorful—its versatility is legendary. This essential book helps gardeners make the most of stone, with design ideas and step-by-step how-to instructions for everything from paths to walls to waterfalls. Features:

* Photo galleries feature updated approaches to enhance gardens with stone, from traditional to contemporary

* Detailed step-by-step instructions for projects including paths, walls, and water features

* Helpful lists identify appropriate plants for specific situations, such as when creating gravel or stepping-stone paths

* "Trade Secrets" and "Design Tips" give professional hints on using stones most effectively to enhance your garden

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House; First Edition edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0376034785
• ISBN-13: 978-0376034786
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,877 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Start, December 24, 2006

By	C. casey (Watsonville, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Sunset does a good job here of providing basic information on using stones in landscaping, including a very nice part on pebble mosaics. This book is better than the Taunton book on the same topic. Taunton suffers from sloppy editing, e.g., too much duplication on garden paths, and insufficient explanation for the DIYer. The main criticism here that I have is 1) lack of modernism. There is almost no coverage for modernist applications of stonework in architectural landscaping. 2) An adversion to including significant "commercial" installations. For example, the garden at the Getty Center, or any similiar garden, could have been included for inspiration and ideas. Overall though, its worth the money, and better than the Tauton competition.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, February 7, 2008

By	G. Poapst "yogini" (Kemptville Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

We landscaped our backyard last year complete with flagstone patio, gardens and a rock retaining wall. This book was straight forward and extremely helpful. I would highly recommend it to anyone.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great How-to Stone Book, September 13, 2009

By	E. Abadia "maitreya" (New Bern, NC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Excellent Sunset guide and well written book with plenty of photos, tips, ideas and how-to indications to be crative and build your desired garden, paths, walls, etc... with stones. Ample information on how to build with stone: tips, instructions and sources for materials. A must have for a gardener.